US EditionRazer's Project AVA Desktop Hologram From CES 2026 Is a Fancy Personal AI Assistant for Your Battlestation
Razer's Project AVA is a 3D holographic AI assistant for gaming and daily tasks, using xAI's Grok, available for preorder with shipping planned for late 2026.
- On January 6, 2026, Razer unveiled Project AVA, a freestanding 3D desktop hologram, at CES 2026, available for pre-orders with a $20 deposit and targeting shipping in the second half of 2026.
- Razer's CES demo follows a broader push where Project AVA moved from an abstract backend demo last year to a tangible desk device this year, joining companies like xAI and Replika.
- Razer's cylindrical unit features 5.5-inch avatars, an HD eye-tracking camera, a far-field microphone, PC Vision Mode, customizable presets like Kira and Zane, and runs on xAI's Grok.
- Hands-On demos showed incorrect tips and flirtatious asides, and hands-on reporters found Ava unreliable, giving wrong answers while the demo environment's noise hampered voice recognition.
- The product could nudge the AI-companion market by extending assistance beyond gaming into productivity and wellness features, while fueling debate about generative AI in games and Sony patent concerns.
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